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The next chapter for the Green Investment Bank

Edward Northam, Green Investment Group
clock 18 August 2017 •
Ed Northam, head of the Green Investment Group
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Ed Northam, head of the Green Investment Group

New head of the Green Investment Group - formally Green Investment Bank - Edward Northam explains what lies ahead for the newly privatised body

Ten years ago this month, the global financial crisis was just beginning to unfold and few could have guessed the full extent of its impact. Five years later, the shockwaves were still buffeting markets,...

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